The Nobel laureate rails against failed revolutionaries in India and then, perhaps in the interest of fairness, strikes a few blows at England's working class.
Monica Ali,
Brick Lane,
Doubleday,
London, 2003.
Naila Kabeer, The Power to Choose: Bangladeshi Women Workers and Labour Market Decisions,
India needs a Northeast policy. The Northeast needs a Northeast policy.
'Hindus' and 'Muslims' may not exactly be the distinct monolithic identities, as is made out in political rhetoric. The Hindus and Muslims of South India are a case in point.
The conflict in Kashmir may be projected as the 'militant Islamic' assault on the state. But the origins of Kashmiriyat were never built on inter-religious antagonism.
Kachchativu: And The Maritime Boundary Of Sri Lanka
by WT Jayasinghe
Stamford Lake Publication, Colombo, 2003
As WT Jayasinghe describes it, "Kachchativu is known as a parched and almost
Gender and Caste
edited by Anupama Rao;
series Issues in Contemporary Feminism
Kali for Women, New Delhi, 2003;
The director of Kathmandu's Film South Asia festival of documentaries looks back at the history of documentary films, maps evolving trends in the genre, reflects on the emergence of a substantial body of viewers for serious non-fiction and ponders on the ways in which these films can be taken to a l
I tend to disagree with the concept of art for art's sake and view all creative activity as purposive – be it literature, art, music or even cinema. However,
Taking on the postcolonial postmodernists and reinstating the Enlightenment
